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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ǰʰí
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi.[1]
Particle
*ǰʰí
- an emphatic particle
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *źʰí
- Sanskrit: हि (hí)
- Iranian: *ĵí (< earlier *ǰi)
- Avestan: 𐬰𐬍 (zī)
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “hí”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 814